Kings Hill Golf Club
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.26040, 0.40438
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 391m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 391m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Springy Turf-moss · last seen 2026
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +41 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Goldfinch +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Stag Beetle, Glow-worm +35 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Stag Beetle, Glow-worm +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodland on the edge of Kings Hill Golf Course
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Wildlife to spot
21,122 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,122 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +26
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Glow-worm · Torymus affinis · White-legged Damselfly · Platystomos albinus · Speckled Bush-cricket +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Torymus affinisTorymus affinis2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,122 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +26
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Glow-worm · Torymus affinis · White-legged Damselfly · Platystomos albinus · Speckled Bush-cricket +9
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Torymus affinisTorymus affinis2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023PipizellaPipizella2023PipizellaPipizella2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2023Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2023Events & activities nearby
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